Health Policy

Council on Medical Service
The Council on Medical Service studies and recommends AMA policies and actions for consideration by the AMA House of Delegates on socioeconomic issues that influence the practice of medicine, such as Medicare, Medicaid, health insurance, and managed care.

AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC)
Information on the process for updating the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale, the physician payment schedule for Medicare.

Economic research
Get AMA's online economic research publications pertaining to medical practice.